Legal Opinion
Richardson v. Browning
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 7, 1966No. 44128PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Justice:
This is an appeal by Edwin E. Richardson from a decree of the Chancery Court of Prentiss County construing the last will and testament of Lucille Gardner, Deceased.
Lucille Gardner died January 14, 1964, and her holographic will was duly admitted to probate. The will is informally and in-artificially drawn. The handwriting and composition reflect that testatrix suffered from the infirmities of age.
It is impossible to reproduce this holograph in ordinary print so as to depict with exactitude the arrangement of its provisions as they actually appeared upon the the page and a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ball v. PhelanMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Union Trust Company v. MadiganSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931
- Hendrick v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Cross v. ManningSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
- Hale v. NeilsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Cortes v. FlemingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- Nell Gravlee Lange v. Martha Moore LambertMississippi Supreme Court · 1999